A vote by the Eastern Michigan University regents to maintain ties with the Education Achievement Authority prompted strong protests from audience members Friday afternoon. The vote came after EMU President Susan Martin asked the board to withdraw from the authority, which manages several schools it Detroit.

About 25 members of the pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary -- also known as BAMN - broke out with chants of "Minority enrollment's been going down, open it up or we'll shut it down" and "We don't need another committee, open it up to Detroit city," during the University of Michigan's Board of Regents meeting Thursday afternoon.

On Monday, July 21, the former Greyhound Bus Depot in Ann Arbor was torn down as part of a project that includes building a hotel on the northeast corner of Huron and North Ashley in downtown Ann Arbor.

The Michigan Mobility Transformation Center's test site will be a 5-mile road -- complete with twists and turns and a cityscape designed to simulate a real-world driving experience -- that will be built on a 30-acre portion of the Research Complex at a cost of $6.5 million. The course is expected to be completed this fall.

In 1964, almost eight years after the then-Citizens Bank weather ball was first lit atop the bank's downtown Flint headquarters, Jackie Bowles took it upon herself to put music to the classic weather ball poem and make it into a song for her son's folk music group to perform for television and radio commercials.

In 1956, Donna Groves – who worked as a frame girl for Michigan Bell – became the first person to flip the switch to illuminate the then- Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank weather ball. She was invited to flip the switch at the ceremonial first lighting of the the weather ball since the CB letters had been changed to FM.

General Motors unveiled the engine for its all new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, which will be produced by workers at the Flint Engine plant. The engine -- a 3.6-liter, 302 horsepower (224 kW) V6 engine, with 270 lb.-ft. of torque -- is one of three engines that will be produced for the truck.

The Pasty Lou Automotive Group is taking a new approach to selling automobiles, allowing potential buyers the opportunity to interact with technology experts – instead of salesmen – to find out about vehicle specifics in order to find out which vehicle is best fit for them.

Sen. Jim Ananich talks about the State Senate Committee for Economic Development during a committee meeting at St. Luke's New Life Ministries in Flint on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The committee has been holding its meetings in different cities across the state.